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joining us live to tell us about program is chris holden with the district. thanks for being with us. this started in the district about two years ago. how does this work and how is it expanded? >> good morning. we started that two years ago with smart bike with about ten locations and a hundred bikes. as of yesterday we did expand to the start of a hundred locations with a thousand bikes here in d. c. and in arlington county. >> how many people have signed up to take part in bike share? >> reporter: we just started yesterday and we've been open for about three weeks and we have about 1200 members so far. >> talk about the benefits of this. people who travel from overseas are familiar with this but why is it so important that we get something like this underway? >> well, you know, it's a great way for people to get around the city who don't own a bike or don't have a bicycle with them. you could do short trips to the store. when you're working you can go out to lunch or go to a meeting. it just gives people another option to get around town besides driving or
joining us live to tell us about program is chris holden with the district. thanks for being with us. this started in the district about two years ago. how does this work and how is it expanded? >> good morning. we started that two years ago with smart bike with about ten locations and a hundred bikes. as of yesterday we did expand to the start of a hundred locations with a thousand bikes here in d. c. and in arlington county. >> how many people have signed up to take part in bike...
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Sep 22, 2010
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for us high pressure is in control. surface and upstairs could weaken just enough today that we're hoping some of these showers and storms off to our north and west actually can make it towards us. you see a few of them in kentucky this morning but the bulk of it north and west of us tracking off to the east, not the southeast. however, in the afternoon, see these clouds and a couple of showers? let's hope we get a little rain in one or two spots. because that will be our best bet for today and tomorrow afternoon we'll see a couple bubble up as well but rain chances really won't be going up until probably sometime late in the weekend next week. our seven-day forecast hot through friday was a chance for the afternoon storms today and tomorrow. fall officially begins at 11:09 tonight. deceit decent on saturday and sunday a chance for a shower. >> good morning, everybody. 12 minutes away from the 7:00 hour and right now just your main delays out there, 66. little slow approaching the beltway. notice that the inner loop als
for us high pressure is in control. surface and upstairs could weaken just enough today that we're hoping some of these showers and storms off to our north and west actually can make it towards us. you see a few of them in kentucky this morning but the bulk of it north and west of us tracking off to the east, not the southeast. however, in the afternoon, see these clouds and a couple of showers? let's hope we get a little rain in one or two spots. because that will be our best bet for today and...
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Sep 14, 2010
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that will likely take most of the rain knot of us but at least give us a chance of showers by thursday knight and friday. in the tropics, we have you'll ya behind me. tropical storm igor, pretty impressive looking hurricane there. and the forecast track from the hurricane center, thankfully starts to take this away. it is turning northwest ward soon away from the leeward islands but winds are down to 135. this could be coming close to bermuda by saturday evening and sunday morning. they will have to watch that as a weaker storm, still a hurricane nonetheless. the seven-day forecast, sunshine, breezy today. 83ment less wind tomorrow, 83. warmer on thursday, mid-80s but a threat on thursday night in to friday morning for showers with that front, 78 and nice looking weekend low to mid-80s. how's the traffic? >> so smooth all morning long. as we creep closer to the 7:00 hour, we have a boo boone othem -- beltway. move it outside. at college park this is what we are dealing with an accident taking away the left shoulder and causing this, a jamup, bumper-to-bumper condition here starting an
that will likely take most of the rain knot of us but at least give us a chance of showers by thursday knight and friday. in the tropics, we have you'll ya behind me. tropical storm igor, pretty impressive looking hurricane there. and the forecast track from the hurricane center, thankfully starts to take this away. it is turning northwest ward soon away from the leeward islands but winds are down to 135. this could be coming close to bermuda by saturday evening and sunday morning. they will...
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Sep 15, 2010
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gave us the breezy conditions and going to keep us on the dry side of things for the next day, day and a half. as we head through tomorrow you will notice the moisture heading to the east. tomorrow and in the afternoon, 2:00, you notice the showers in western pennsylvania approaching western maryland. may get parts of northern maryland. friday morning we are looking clear and here's the front and that will cool us down for friday but still going to set us up for a good weekend. >>> seven-day forecast, 82 today. 85 tomorrow. there's the showers tomorrow in to friday. maybe a quarter inch if we are lucky. the weekend looks good. 84 on saturday. sunday 83. no problems for the skins game. and monday 79 with a slight chance of a shower. it is 6:17. let's get to traffic. >> all right. that's what i have got for you. we are moving well across the viewing area. folks in better moods out in northeast dc. take you to the disabled tractor-trailer here on new york avenue. taking away the left lane. looks like the clearing stages and drivers are backed up around bladensburg road. move to 395 northb
gave us the breezy conditions and going to keep us on the dry side of things for the next day, day and a half. as we head through tomorrow you will notice the moisture heading to the east. tomorrow and in the afternoon, 2:00, you notice the showers in western pennsylvania approaching western maryland. may get parts of northern maryland. friday morning we are looking clear and here's the front and that will cool us down for friday but still going to set us up for a good weekend. >>>...
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Sep 27, 2010
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this morning her mother will join us to tell us what this is about. >>> and plus, housing market got you down? i bet it does. we have expert advice on where to find bargain basement prices on homes across the country. >>> plus, the hottest toys for the holiday season. we will tell you which they are and which you should be buying now before they sell out. all of that and more coming up this morning on the "early show." back to you in washington. >> thank you. we will be watching. >>> our time is 83. >>> researchers at george washington university are putting a price tag on being fat. they found the annual cost of being overweigh is an extra $4,879 for a woman and $2,646 for a man. factors like employee sick days and lost productivity were included in the study. some companies reason taking the stats likely. they are being proactive and offering money to employees who shed unneeded pounds but does dieting for dollars really work? chris casey has tried to lose weight before but nothing ever worked until -- >> they said they were going to do a contest, winner take all to lose weight. so
this morning her mother will join us to tell us what this is about. >>> and plus, housing market got you down? i bet it does. we have expert advice on where to find bargain basement prices on homes across the country. >>> plus, the hottest toys for the holiday season. we will tell you which they are and which you should be buying now before they sell out. all of that and more coming up this morning on the "early show." back to you in washington. >> thank you....
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Sep 23, 2010
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it is too late for us. once christopher's law is passed if and when it is passed it will help families in the future so they do not end up in this situation. >> reporter: we are talking about private loans here, not federal student loans them government forgives those if a student is disabled or dies. >>> it should be noted there are private loans with forgiveness policies. you nude need to shop around. another piece of advice if you are a cosigner have a power of attorney other your child's finances in case they become incapacitated. without it you won't have access to your child's bank account or be able to renegotiate loan payments. >>> howard? >> we are looking at a little shower action. nothing like last night and this afternoon not expecting widespread severity of the storms even though one or two will be possible. go back two to three hours and look at the radar. wyeth while it is fairly quiet for most of us, in western maryland a few showers are popping not far from hagerstown. go to live doppler 90
it is too late for us. once christopher's law is passed if and when it is passed it will help families in the future so they do not end up in this situation. >> reporter: we are talking about private loans here, not federal student loans them government forgives those if a student is disabled or dies. >>> it should be noted there are private loans with forgiveness policies. you nude need to shop around. another piece of advice if you are a cosigner have a power of attorney other...
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Sep 16, 2010
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jobs that america could really use right now. for american jobs, tell your senators to pass a renewable electricity standard today. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> in the news now at 6:54, president obama is having trouble getting democrats on board with his tax cut plan. he wants to extend tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 while allowing taxes for the wealthy to rise. the cuts are due to expire at the end of the year. >>> the latest round of middle east peace talks has ended in jerusalem. israeli program netanyahu and palestinian president abbas met with secretary of state hillary clinton on wednesday but failed to come to an agreement on the jewish settlement. the two leaders agreed to keep working toward the peace deal. a relief well could be completed sometime today at the site of the largest oil spill in the nation's history. the broken well that caused the spill in the gulf of mexico could finally be sealed for g
jobs that america could really use right now. for american jobs, tell your senators to pass a renewable electricity standard today. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> in the news now at 6:54, president obama is having trouble getting democrats on board with his tax cut plan. he wants to extend tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 while allowing taxes for the wealthy to rise. the...
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i even use the web to get paid. with acceptpay from american express open, we now invoice advertisers and receive payments digitally. and i get paid on average three weeks faster. booming is never looking for a check in the mail. because it's already in my email. right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen college tuition for four years in a row. and it's working. experts say we now have the number one schools in the nation. when it comes to expanding opportunity in every neighborhood, i know that we must do even better. >>> machine nab will say that sunday's reunion in philly is another became and he's not out to prove anything to his former team because he's too smart to say anything else but don't believe him for one second. m
i even use the web to get paid. with acceptpay from american express open, we now invoice advertisers and receive payments digitally. and i get paid on average three weeks faster. booming is never looking for a check in the mail. because it's already in my email. right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've...